Jackman’s gleeful post raises eyebrows after divorce news
Hugh Jackman has raised eyebrows with a gleeful social media post after his ex-wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, broke her silence on their split.
Furness, 69, released a scorching statement on Wednesday about the end of her marriage to The Greatest Showman actor, 56.
The comments came as it was revealed Furness had filed for divorce, formally ending the couple’s 20-year-plus marriage.
“My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,” she told the Nine Network.
“It’s a profound wound that cuts deep. However, I believe in a higher power and that God/the universe, whatever you relate to as your guidance, is always working FOR us.”
It was Furness’s first public remarks since the Australian couple confirmed their split in a joint statement in September 2023.
Only hours later, Jackman posted a video of himself skipping rope on stage as part of his one-man stage show Hugh Jackman Live — From New York with Love.
Alongside the clip of a beaming Jackman is his solitary comment: “FINALLY”.
The Instagram post to his 34 million followers appeared to be about the performer “finally” nailing a tricky skipping routine for the show.
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But what really raised eyebrows was the backing music, NSYNC’s break-up song Bye Bye Bye.
While Jackman skips on stage, NSYNC’s vocals cut in with the lyrics:
“So I’m leaving you behind,
“I don’t want to make it tough,
“But I’ve had enough,
“And it ain’t no lie,
“Bye, bye.”
Jackman and Furness met on the set of Australian series Correlli in 1995 and married a year later. They share two adult adopted children, son Oscar and daughter Ava.
“We have been blessed to share almost 3 decades together as husband and wife in a wonderful, loving marriage. Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth,” they wrote in 2023 to announce their break-up.
The statement was signed “Deb and Hugh Jackman”.
Hugh Jackman posted video of himself nailing a skipping routine. Photo: Instagram
This week, lawyer Elena Karabatos filed documents in a New York court on behalf of Furness, related to the former couple’s divorce settlement, health care coverage, and medical child support.
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“There was some back and forth regarding this financial agreement but, in the end, [Furness] got what she believed she deserved. Both are coming out of this financially secure,” a source told the Daily Mail.
“There is not going to be any drama … This gives closure that she needed.”
The Daily Mail reports a lengthy deliberation over the division of the former couple’s assets, although no further details about the settlement have been revealed. A judge’s sign off is all that is required to formalise the end of the marriage as the terms of the divorce are uncontested.
Furness said she had gained “much knowledge and wisdom” in navigating the end of her marriage.
“Even when we are presented with apparent adversity, it is leading us to our greatest good, our true purpose,” she said.
“It is so easy to get lost in looking for love and validation outside ourselves, but that’s not where it lives – it lives within. Sometimes the universe has to create arduous circumstances for us to walk through in order to find our way home, back to our true essence and the sovereignty of self love.”
She said she had found “liberation and freedom” post-split and was “grateful” for her life path.
“It can hurt, but in the long run, returning to yourself and living within your own integrity, values and boundaries is liberation and freedom,” she said.
“One thing I have learned is that none of this is personal, we are all on our individual journeys and I believe that the relationships in our lives are not random.
“We are drawn to people, we invite them in, in order to learn our lessons and to recognise and heal the broken parts of ourselves.”
She finished: “I remain grateful.”
Since the couple’s split, Furness has been spotted attending numerous events solo. She was also at the Australian Open in Melbourne with daughter Ava earlier this year.
Wolverine and Deadpool star Jackman, meanwhile, was been repeatedly linked with fellow actor Sutton Foster, 50. She was his co-star in Broadway’s Music Man and divorced her own husband, Ted Griffin, in late 2024.
Jackman and Foster were first romantically linked in late 2023 – just two months after he and Furness split.
“They are 100 per cent together and are in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together,” a source told Page Six.
